Motivation

• Hypervisors are
  • Cool
    • Foundation of cloud-platforms: KVM (GCP), Hyper-V (Azure), Nitro Hypervisor (AWS), Oracle Cloud (Xen)
  • Interesting
    • Foundation of major security features: Virtualization Based Security, Secured-core PC (Platform Properties Assessment Module)
    • Used in security research: BitVisor, Intel's Virtualization Based Hardening
  • Convenient
    • System-level isolation: VMware Workstation/Fusion, ACRN, Nitro Hypervisor, Qubes OS
    • System-level inspection: Asahi Linux m1n1 Hypervisor, Cuckoo Sandbox, HVMI, kAFL/Nyx, Cheat Engine DBVM, Blue Pill, antivirus-hypervisors (eg, Avast Premium Security)
• Understanding of essentials are important for anything with it
  • Want to audit code?
  • Want to customize them?
  • Want to write your own ones?
  • Want to join a team doing those?